Pub Date : 2022-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2097423
Scott Beamon, R. Weiner
Secondary Sources General ANDERSON, CLARE. Convicts: A Global History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. 400 pp. $34.99 (PB). CORBIN, ALAIN. Terra Incognita: A History of Ignorance in the 18th and 19th Centuries. Translated by SUSAN PICKFORD. Cambridge: Polity Books, 2021. 188 pp. $24.95 (PB). Decolonizing the Map: Cartography from Colony to Nation. Edited by JAMES R. AKERMAN. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. 392 pp. $70 (PB). HECHTER, MICHAEL, and STEVEN PFAFF. The Genesis of Rebellion: Governance, Grievance, and Mutiny in the Age of Sail. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 352 pp. $39.99 (HB). HEGGIE, VANESSA. Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2019. 264 pp. $40 (PB). MONMONIER, MARK. Connections and Content: Reflections on Networks and the History of Cartography. Redlands: Esri Press, 2019. 267 pp. $39.99 (PB). SETH, SUMAN. Difference and Disease: Medicine, Race, and the EighteenthCentury British Empire (Part of Global Health Histories). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. 340 pp. $32.99 (PB). The Church and Empire (Studies in Church History, Series Number 54). Edited by STEWART J. BROWN, CHARLOTTE METHUEN, ANDREW SPICER. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 436 pp. $105 (HB). TERRAE INCOGNITAE, Vol. 54, No. 2, 2022, 214–217
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Pub Date : 2022-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2099099
Richard V. Francaviglia
Although the history of discoveries relies heavily upon the written word, this article urges that we take a closer look at how the medium of film depicts the process of geographical exploration and discovery. Using South America as an example, it focuses on one geographical feature, that continent’s remarkable river system. From the mid 20th century onward, rivers abounded in films depicting the continent’s exploration and discovery. Where relevant, these films are discussed with regard to their cartographic depiction of rivers. This article notes that films often employ rivers as more than simply geographic features. In fact, most of them make imaginative use of rapids and waterfalls for dramatic purposes, especially symbolically and metaphorically as turning points in explorers’ fortunes and misfortunes.
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Pub Date : 2022-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2097425
C. Sullivan
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Pub Date : 2022-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2097426
Gene Rhea Tucker
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Pub Date : 2022-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2099098
G. Mcintosh
A close relationship has frequently been noted between the Caverio planisphere, generally dated c. 1506, and the Cantino planisphere, datable to October 1502. A careful examination of the placenames on the coast of Africa on the Caverio and Cantino planispheres and other early Portuguese and Portuguese-derived charts reveals the Caverio planisphere was probably not derived from the Cantino planisphere. The charts and planispheres are believed to be copied or derived from the Padrão Real, the Portuguese Royal Standard Map representing all the geographical knowledge at the time. The most likely explanation is that the Caverio planisphere is copied from the Padrão Real of c. 1505–06, while the Cantino planisphere reflects the cartography of the previous version of the Padrão Real of 1502.
卡维里奥平面球(通常可追溯到1506年)和坎蒂诺平面球(可追溯到1502年10月)之间的密切关系经常被注意到。仔细研究了卡维里奥和坎蒂诺平面球上的非洲海岸地名，以及其他早期葡萄牙语和葡萄牙语衍生的图表，发现卡维里奥平面球可能不是源自坎蒂诺平面球。这些图表和平面天球被认为是复制或衍生自葡萄牙皇家标准地图(padr o Real)，后者代表了当时所有的地理知识。最可能的解释是，卡维里奥的天球图是从1505年至1506年的帕德雷奥雷亚尔地图复制而来的，而坎蒂诺的天球图则反映了1502年帕德雷奥雷亚尔地图的上一个版本。
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Pub Date : 2022-05-04DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2097428
C. Sullivan
Drawing on rarely examined diaries and journals, Down the Great Unknown is the first book to tell the full, dramatic story of the Powell expedition. On May 24, 1869 a one-armed Civil War veteran, John Wesley Powell and a ragtag band of nine mountain men embarked on the last great quest in the American West. The Grand Canyon, not explored before, was as mysterious as Atlantis—and as perilous. The ten men set out from Green River Station, Wyoming Territory down the Colorado in four wooden rowboats. Ninety-nine days later, six half-starved wretches came ashore near Callville, Arizona. Lewis and Clark opened the West in 1803, six decades later Powell and his scruffy band aimed to resolve the West’s last mystery. A brilliant narrative, a thrilling journey, a cast of memorable heroes—all these mark Down the Great Unknown, the true story of the last epic adventure on American soil.... Download ebook, read file pdf John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy Through the Grand Canyon
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2044232
Gene Rhea Tucker
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2044227
Benjamin B. Olshin
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2044225
S. Menefee
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Pub Date : 2022-01-02DOI: 10.1080/00822884.2022.2044229
A. Good
A key concept in this chapter is that amber does not simply protect the entrapped insect but that “. . . there must be some chemical interaction with the embedding medium” (p. 125); in other words, the chemistry and physics of the amber itself are integral to the process. What is commonly called “petrified wood” also gets some long-overdue attention in this book. Chapter 6 (Experimental Silicification of Wood in the Lab and Field) reveals that the process can be surprisingly rapid and that nanolevel changes in the structure of wood cells have now been observed; more experimental research is proving very promising. This segues into Chapter 7 (The Structure and Chemistry of Silica in Mineralized Wood), which addresses not only the process of silicification but also suggests that it may help us better reconstruct plant evolution in the geological past (p. 159). Chapter 8 (Exceptional Fossilization of Ecological Interactions) is groundbreaking as fossils can tell us much about the dynamic between insect populations and plant responses to them. Although it is tempting to think of fossils as unique objects, they are far more, revealing much about past environmental dynamics as well. Chapter 9 (Color in Living and Fossil Plants) notes that present-day plants occur in a riot of colors but that fossils are largely browns and blacks due geological processes – exceptions being green Cenozoic leaves and pink-colored Jurassic alga. However, new analytical techniques will potentially expand our understanding of color in the past. Chapter 10 (The Future of Fossilization) builds on the premise that developments in chemical analyses and imaging technology are permitting an interpretation of fossils as “living organisms, within a biological framework” (p. 249). As apparent throughout this book, interdisciplinary study is essential in advancing not only the field of taphonomy but also our understanding of life itself. In summary, although this is one of the most technical books ever reviewed in this journal, it is one that beautifully elucidates the interdependent processes involved in discovery.
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